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Contact Info

Skills

Main

Dan Mungai

Currently working with the Kenya Fisheries Service as a fisheries officer

MSC candidate at Kisii University studying Fisheries Management

Education

Egerton University

B.S. in Applied Aquatic Sciences

Njoro, Kenya

2016

Thesis: Investigation of the Microbial water quality of Egerton University Main Campus

Kisii University

M.S. in Fisheries Management

Kisii, Kenya

2021

Thesis: Modelling the Impacts of Fishing on Trophic Interactions in Lake Victoria Using the Ecotroph Model

Research Experience

Graduate Research Assistant

Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute

Kisumu, Kenya

2018 - 2019

  • Performed computational biology research towards understanding fisheries reasearch and management in Lake Victoria
  • The impacts of fishing on trophic interactions

Professional Experience

Kisii University

Teaching Fisheries Management concepts and Fish Nutrition

Kisii, Kenya

2018 - 2019

Content Supervisor

KNBS

Kiambu, Kenya

2019

  • Supervising data enumerators

Data Entry Clerk

Minstry Agriculture-Kiambu County

Thika, kenya

2015 - 2016

  • Analyzed whole-exome sequencing data.
  • Wrote analysis pipelines of ChIP-seq, single cell DNA-seq and single cell RNA-seq.
  • Studied tumor metastasis and wrote research reports.
  • Also did case studies to identify the genetic defect causing rare disease.

Teaching Experience

Introduction to R Language for Beginners.

Instructor of R and Data Mining Training Courses at SupStat Inc.

Beijing, China

2014

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics.

Teaching assistant of GBS CB2-201 courses at UAB

AL, USA

2016 - 2017

Selected Publications and Posters

Ecotroph: A Simple Model to Asses the Impacts of Fishing on Trophic Interactions in Lake Victoria

Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies

Daniel Mungai et.,all, Kenya

2019